Maura Sullivan • Shoes in Bed, NY 2007
Todd Weinstein • Prophet Abstract, NYC 2021
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BIO
Maura Sullivan was born in Hartford Connecticut. She graduated from Syracuse University and has attended the International School of Photography. She currently lives in New York, New York. Her work is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and is widely exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Argentina, The Netherlands, Poland, and Turkey. Her first monograph, Things we Remember was published in 2021 by Skeleton Key Press. Her second book ‘After Beauty’ was published in 2022 by 1605 Publishers. Her photographs have also been published in Analog Forever, Antiques weekly, Art Forum, Artist Actual, Black+White Photography, Fotoritim, Fotograf Dergisi, Fraction Magazine, New York Magazine, Odalisque Magazine, Private International Review of Photographs and Text, RH+Sanart (The Art Magazine of Turkey), Shots Magazine and The Sun.
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On influence:
I wasn't born in New York but I feel like I grew up in New York. I became an artist in New York because I was surrounded by artists. Every day just walking down the street, riding the subway and talking to people. I've lived here for 29 years and I'm still inspired. I can definitely say without a doubt that New York has influenced and shaped me as a photographer. But it was really my friends who influenced me the most. Maybe it was the 'we're all in this together' mind set that cemented those early friendships. Side by side we watched vintage films at local theaters for hours, shared books and vacuum cleaners, photography, painting and poetry. We learned from each other, collaborating and experimenting with art projects on roof tops, community gardens, railroad apartments that were too small and too dark, storefronts and dive bars. We figured out that what we needed most to survive all this craziness was each other.